Dennis and I went to see Walk Hard tonight and it was just plain old buckets of funny, which for a parody movie is a rare blessing. It's almost worth the price just to see Jack White as a mumbling Elvis Presley, not to mention the brilliantly over the top Beatles played by folks like Jack Black and Jason Schwartzman. Despite the strange things happening with Jenna Fischer's stomach skin and one too many penis shots, it was super funny. John C. Reilly should have almost have been a folk singer for real -- he's got a completely folk-ready voice. This movie only solidifies the fact that I truly believe he can do no wrong -- silly comedy like this or something like The Anniversary Party -- he's just kick ass and quite frankly, the casting itself is probably what makes the movie so funny. The wrong people in this movie would have easily killed it. And if "Walk Hard" isn't nominated for Best Song at the Oscars then those people are just stupid. They had some pretty heavy-hitter songwriters on board for this and it shows. Funny/cornball-tongue-in-cheek lyrics aside, the songs are actually well-crafted. And all this for $2 Tuesdays!! Good lord there are few things better...
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